Energy demand for rural household heating to suitable levels in the Loess Hilly Region, Gansu Province, China

Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2070-2078

  Niu, Shu wen ^a   Li, Yi xin ^a   Ding, Yong xia ^a   Qin, Jing ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Energy for household heating; Loess hilly area; Suitable living condition; Thermal comfort; Thermal efficiency; Trend surface model

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY MANAGEMENT; RURAL AREAS; THERMAL COMFORT;

HILLY AREAS; LIVING CONDITIONS; SUITABLE LIVING CONDITION; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; TREND SURFACE; TREND SURFACE MODEL;

HEATING;

DATA SET; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; HOUSEHOLD ENERGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RURAL AREA; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

CHINA; GANSU;

EID: 77950340020     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.01.025     Document Type: Article

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